F-104G 21+60 JaboG 31 at Norvenich AB 1980 ready for take off (note the "Fly United" goose mark in front of the intake)

F-104G, construction number 683D-7029, company model 683-10-19, built by Messerschmitt (MTT)
manufactured by South Group (ARGE-Süd); assembly by Messerschmitt-Manching starting June 28, 1962 with parts from Lockheed; assembly in Fighterbomber version according lot 1
first flight October 11, 1962 coded KE+329; acceptance date April 26, 1963 by BABwMTT with 10:00 flight hours
project "Replace" with modification as Fighterbomber (for JaboG 31) with Vulcan M61 20 mm machine gun installed and long range tanks as loose parts; DA+121 JaboG 31 at Norvenich AB delivery date on May 3, 1963
camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196" on May 16, 1966 during IRAN at SABCA with 284 flight hours, back to JaboG 31 on March 23, 1967
21+60 withdrawn from use and stored as reserve aircraft at LwSchleuse 11 on April 8, 1981 with 2.596 flight hours; struck off charge order (AVA) October 2, 1984
BDRT reserve airframe for TSLw 3 at Fassberg AB on November 19, 1984 (road transport) with training aid code "C050"; to Baarlo, Netherlands on November 6, 1999 (tail of construction number 8270)
stored at Baarlo in garage of Piet Smedts on November 6, 1999; storage area of Piet Smedts at Kessel, district Limburg June 2004
display for sale (stored) at Baarlo coded "DA+225" March 2015 noted
"DA+225", ex 21+60 transported to Manro-Classic Auto & Musik Museum, near Salzburg on October 17, 2017
December 23, 2020 on display ground outside the museum; August 2021 last noted; February 2024 noted.

Project "Replace": 21 aircrafts (partly with and partly without test flights) were stored with a long-term preservation for the purpose 
of a later upgrade and transfer to the BABwMTT for storage at Manching AB. 19 aircraft were later upgraded when enough retrofit kits were available.

copyright © Günter Grondstein

Claim of fame: June 24, till July 3, 2014 coded "DA+225" and "DA+227" at former GAF AB Rheine-Hopsten (closed) for RTL movie scenes:
"Starfighter-Sie wollten den Himmel erobern"

zapped "Goose" marks saying: "Fly United"